San Sebastian Bay, placer gold found at, 10; gold seekers attacked by Indians, 11; no running water near gold layers, 11; gold found by Popper, 120; break in Andes at, 125 Santa Cruz, guanaco cemetery at, 186; Gallegos, capital of territory of, 215; amount of profitable land in, 217; amount of worthless land in, 217; price of sheep in, 218; 800,000 sheep in, 287; future prosperity of, 287; fine sheep ranch near city of, 222; description of house on sheep ranch near, 223; passengers to, 262; _Ushuaia_ arrives at, 276; Weddell's Bluff, 276; presidio, or barracks, 276; to be used as base of operations in case of trouble with Chili, 276; profitable sheep raising in, 276; town consisted of nine buildings, 277; deserted missionary church in, 277; plan of prospective city, 278; price of land at, 278; enormous shipments of wool from, 278; good pasture land in, 278; traces of gold at Lake Argentine, 278; enterprising land "boomer" of, 279; natural advantages of, 279; probable gold mines in Andes, 279; fine timber land near, 279 _et seq._; lack of good drinking water, 281; method of drawing water from wells with horse and lasso, 281 Santa Cruz River, 32; explored by Darwin, 169; impassable barrier to armadilloes, 199; tramp at, 253; navigable throughout its course, 279; owners of water front control all the range back, 280; Gov. Mayer large land owner on, 280; tide rises over forty feet at mouth of, 281 Santa Maria River, gold found at, 10 Sarmiento, reference to, 3; starving colony, 34, 80; Pedro, 169 Sarmiento Mount, 25; snow capped peaks of, 41; peak of coast range on Tierra del Fuego, 47 Saunders, James, 215; sheep raiser in Patagonia, 280 Scenery, of Punta Arenas like Adirondacks, 34, 41; along Patagonia coast, 297, 299 Sea fowl, methods of gathering eggs of, 68 Sea mosses above tree line on mountains of Fuegian islands, 51 Seals, fur and hair, in Cape Horn region, 75 Seaweed, uses of, 68; varieties of, 295 Serpents easily destroyed by panther, 196 Sheep, long-wooled variety in favor, 219; diseases of, 220; 800,000 in Santa Cruz territory, 287. Sheep raising, a productive industry in Patagonia, 215; profits for one year, 216; success in, at Gallegos, 216; profitable to the individual, 217; amount of capital needed for, 218, expenses of, 218, 220; care of lambs, 219; profits of, in Punta Arenas, 219; average pounds of wool per sheep, 220; as compared with Argentine and United States, 220; havoc made by foxes and wild-cats, 220; conservative estimate of profits of, 221; compared with cattle business in the United States, 221; wool sold for gold, 222; ranchmen paid in paper, 222 Sheep ranch, established on Keppel Island, 85; description of, at Santa Cruz, 222 Shells, curious, 295; antediluvian oyster, 295; mussel, 295 Shellfish, 59, 76, 83, 295 Skees, Norwegian, 149